I'm new to this so thinking of something fitting for my very first post took a bit of pondering. I thought I'd start by posting some of my influences over the last year.
Not easy to sum this one up in a single sentence but if you're at all interested in art, craft and its relationship to labour (and you don't mind reading a densely academic book until your forehead bleeds) then this is the book for you.
The Craftsman by Richard Sennett. A more forgiving read about the essence of craft and its place in society.
Liza Lou's 'Kitchen'. Pretty much all of Lou's work entails every surface inch being painstakingly covered in beads. Dazzling, sinister and slightly mad: these are a few of the reasons I love it.
Manchester. Can't live here without it getting under your skin and in your art!
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